Rule-marker.



PATENTED JUNE 12, 1906.

J. L. GASTINEAU. RULE MARKER. APPLICATION FILED APR. 4, 1906.

1% 251a 6,53 1 16 eff/0% @Z/k 11m) JOHN L. GASTINEAU, OF ALHAMBRA, CALIFORNIA.

RULE-MARKER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 12,, 1906.

Application filed April 4, 1906. Serial No. 309,934,

To aZZ whcm it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN L. GASTINEAU, a citizen of the United States, residing at Alhambra, county of Los Angeles, State of California, have invented and discovered a new and useful Improvement in Rule-Markers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in rule-markers and the objects of my improvement are, first, to provide a marker adapted to slide upon the end of a rule and for conveniently indicating upon the article measured the length of the rule or a part thereof employed, and, second, to construct a marker that can be readily adjusted upon the rule and to be removed therefrom when it is not required for use.

The invention consists, essentially, in the construction, combination, and arrangement of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully described in the specification, shown upon the drawings appended hereto, and specifically pointed out in the claims made a part hereof.

I attain these objects by the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a view in elevation of the rule extended full length thereof, the sleeve secured upon the end of the rule, and the marker or pencil secured in the sleeve. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the sleeve, on an enlarged scale and the marker or pencil removed therefrom, shown in full and dotted lines. Fig. 3 is a view in elevation of a por tion of the rule, parts thereof broken away, the sleeve shown in section secured upon the end of the rule and the marker or pencil secured to the end of the sleeve in position ready for use; and Fig. 4 is a View in elevation of the back of the rule, parts thereof broken away and the sleeve secured upon the end thereof.

Similar reference-numerals refer to like parts throughout the several views of the drawings.

The reference-numeral 1 denotes the rule shown upon Figs. 1, 3, and 4 of the drawings.

The numeral 2 indicates a sliding section or portion of the rule secured in one end thereof. The rule 1 and the said sliding sections 2 are divided off by lines, (indicated by the numerals 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7,) representing, respectively, one inch, one-half inch, onequarter of an inch, one-eighth of an inch, and one-sixteenth of an inch.

Upon 'the opposite end of the rule 1 from that to which the sliding section 2 is adjustably fastened I place the sliding sleeve in order that the same can be adjusted in different positions upon the end of the rule. The sleeve 10 is divided off by lines into one-sixteenth of an inch in order that the movement of the sleeve one-sixteenth of an inch can be made to register with any one-sixteenth-ofan-inch mark upon the end of the rule, and the pencil, of soapstone or other suitable ma terial, 12, movable in the end of the sleeve, indicates upon the measured article the outer end of the sleeve.

The sleeve 10 comprises a rectangularshape box of sufficient capacity to receive the end of the rule 1 and to slide thereon. The inner end of the sleeve is open, as shown at 13, and the outer end is provided with a slot 14, in which enters the lip 15, preferably made integral with the angular spring-latch16. The inner end of said latch is secured to the top edge of the sleeve by means of cut-out portions 17 of the sleeve and turned over upon the inner end of the spring-latch 16, as illustrated upon Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4 of the drawings. The lip of the spring-latch 16 is adapted to enter the slot 14 and engage the recess 18 in the pencil 12 as shown upon Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawings.

Upon the opposite edge of the sleeve 10, near the outer free end thereof, from that to which the spring-latch 16 is fastened, as hereinabove referred to, I provide an opening 20,

as shown upon Fig. 3 of the drawings, in'

which the pencil 12, of soapstone or equivalent material, is retained by means of the lip 15 of the spring-latch 16 engaging the slot 18, as illustrated up on Fig. 3 of the drawings. The

screws pass through the holes 26 and hold the sleeve 10 in place upon the rule.

From the foregoing description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, it is thought the mode of operation and advantage of the invention will be readily apparent without requiring an extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportions, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any advantage of this invention, and I therefore reserve to myself the right to make such changes as fairly fall within the scope thereof.

What I do claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A new article of manufacture comprising a sleeve adapted to slide upon the end of a rule said sleeve having a rectangular opening upon the lower edge thereof to receive a pencil, a spring-latch secured upon the upper edge of the sleeve adapted to engage a slot in the free end of the sleeve and to engage arecess in the end of the pencil within the sleeve.

2. An article of manufacture a rule-marker comprising a rectangular sleeve having an opening in one end thereof to receive the end of a rule, the other end of the sleeve provided with a slot, the lower edge of said sleeve having an opening near the end thereof, a spring latch bent at an angle secured upon the upper edge of the sleeve and a pencil removably secured in the said opening of the sleeve.

3. A rule-marker comprising a rectangular sleeve opened at one end to receive the end of a rule and the opposite end of said sleeve provided with a slot, the lower edge of the sleeve having an opening near the end thereof, a pencil having a groove or recess and a spring-latch secured at one end to the sleeve and the opposite end of said latch having a lip adapted to reciprocate through the said slot and to engage the groove or recess in the pencil.

4. A rule-marker comprising a rectangular sleeve opened at one end to receive the end of the rule and provided with a slot in the opposite end thereof, the lower edge of the sleeve near the end thereof having an opening, a spring-latch secured to the sleeve oarrying a lip upon the free end thereof, a pencil having a groove therein removably secured within the opening near the end of the sleeve, the said groove or recess adapted to receive the lip upon the said spring and means for retaining the sleeve upon the end of the rule.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN L. GASTINEAU.

Witnesses:

JAMES R. Romans, M. E. SMITH. 

